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Bill	Local agency meetings: simultaneous meetings: compensation disclosure.	Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires each legislative body of a local agency to provide the time and place for holding regular meetings and requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 23	California AB 23 (20112012)	bill	Local agency meetings: simultaneous meetings: compensation disclosure.	enacted	Smyth	7	20	5	2010-12-06	2011-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/be751eca-ab71-4645-a944-b8ded8b406ab	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB23	02ff6214c10638aafba12346dfcf8ddd252d939f4d80d20817fd02f9e24fa3c2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 23 (20112012) — Local agency meetings: simultaneous meetings: compensation disclosure.

Existing law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires each legislative body of a local agency to provide the time and place for holding regular meetings and requires that all meetings of a legislative body be open and public and all persons be permitted to attend unless a closed session is authorized.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 12/06/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/14/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/09/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/25/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB23 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/08/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #5 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 23 SMYTH Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 23 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smyth — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2010-12-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2010-12-07 From printer. May be heard in committee January 6.
• 2011-01-24 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2011-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2011-04-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1240.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-19 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2011-06-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-08 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-09 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-06-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2011-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1573.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2011-07-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2181.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-07-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2011-07-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-07-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be751eca-ab71-4645-a944-b8ded8b406ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).